Music-roll cabinet



w; c. WRIGHT AND T. DEAN.

MUSIC ROLL CABINET. APPLICATION FILED AUGJO, I920. 1,414,317, PatentedApr. 25,f1922.

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h a a M I 6 r rAT WILLIAM G. WEIGHT AND THOMAS it. DEAN, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

MUSIC-ROLL o InEr.

T all whom it concern Be it known that we,

TVIQLLIAMY C.

7 WRIGHT, a citizen of the United-States,:and

.THOMAS I. DEAN, a-subject of the. King of England, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Music-Roll Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto aholder orv cabinet for filing musicvrolls such as are used for player-pianos.

One of the objects of the invention'is to provide a holder of this character which is simplein construction, which is not liable to get out of order and which can be manu- A still further object of the invention toprovide means for protecting the music rolls against moisture and injury while in the holder.v

In the accompanying dI'tWiIl gS2- I Figure 1 is a-perspective 'view o'f one.

' form of holder embodying our' improvements. Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal section thereof on line 22,

Fig.1 1....Figure 3 is a fragmentarytransonly as a closure for the holder but also forms the seat ofthe bench.

verse section on line 3-3,-- Fig. 1. Figure 4 is 'a fragmentary top .plan view thereof, partly in section. Figure 511m frontelevation of a modified form of music roll:

holder.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Referring-"to Figs. 1 4, the invention is shown as applied to a piano bench 10, where in the case or body 11 is made of the proper depth to serve as a holderor receptacle for, the music rolls. Thetop of the case is pro-' vided with a hinged lidl12which acts not The case 11 of the bench is provided with a plurality of individual compartments or pockets 13 open at their outeror upper ends for the reception of the music rolls 14, the

latter having the customary flanged. ends. These compartments 15 and journals 16. are preferably in the form of tubes constructed of, card board or similar material and are disposed vertically in the body 11.

@lower journal 16;o'f themusic roll f i Sldable in the ,upper' end Of the holder, i

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specification of Letters Patent. aten d 5,1922. 1 Application filed August 10, 1920. S eriaIN'o. 402,651,; v i

The diameter: of these tubes is, somewhat v I greater than the diameter-of themusic rolls,

and they are of a height substantially equal to the length of the rolls, thereby enclosing the latter throughout their length and pro- .tectingthem against-moisture and against contact with other rolls. 5 These tubes may be secured to thebodyin any suitable manner, for instance by 'providing annular grooves 17 in the bottom 18-.thereof and gluing or otherwise fastening-1 the tubes therein.

As shown in Fig. 1, these' tu-bes are"pref-, erably arranged in parallel rows which ex tend transversely of-the case" 11.

Arranged centrally in the lowerend of l 7 each compartment 13 isan ejecting device v which preferably comprises a supporting base or bearing cup 19 yieldingly mounted on a coil spring 20, one end of which is' suit- 'ably fastened to the underside ofsaid base while'the other end is seated in a gsocket 21 in the"bottom 1;8 of the. body lland'irigidlysecured therein;- The u er side of this which i is adapted "to receive the "inner transversely ofthe rolls, is a" pluralityfo'f rows of retaining jorhead-plates 23'corree spending in number-tothe compartments l3 and. co-operating with the supporting" bases 19 to hold the music rolls-imposition;

within their compartments; The plates of base is provided with agrecess'i or"seat'122f l each row are guided at their-'oppositeilongi tudinal edges in h'ori'zonta-l ways 24 provided in the upper-side of fixed rails 25v extending across the --upperzj por'tion of the**"c'ase -11.

Strips 2 6 suitably secured to the. upper-edges l of these 'rails prevent verticaldisplacement of said retaining plates. Depending from the underside of eachfofthe latter is .a bearf I ing or cup 27 ha-vingfa'seat 28 which is adapted to receive the adjacent upper or outer journal16 of the music roll.

ablefbase or bearing 19 at its'lowei' end and the laterally slidable bearing27 at its upper end, the coil spring 20 'beingunder ject the roll from the case 11., 1

sufficiently with one hand "to releasel'its upper journal 16 from the upperbearing cup 27, and then "slidesthe corresponding;

. Thus, i I the'jlatter is normally held between theyield 1 65" compression and tending toelevate'and pro-' A: 1

plate 23 to one side with the other hand, far enough to clear that end of the roll, thus permitting the spring to eject or elevatethe roll to the position shown by full lines in Figs. 3 and i of the drawings, and enabling the same to be conveniently grasped to completely remove it from the holder. The sliding movement of each retaining plate is limited in both directions by stops 29 propthe numbers given the music rolls in the index usually kept for such purposes.

From the foregoing it will be noted that this improved holder is exceedingly simple in construction, reliable in operation, and permits ready removal and replacement of the music rolls-while at the s tecting them against injury. 3

In the modiiication shown in. Fig. 5, our improvement is shown as applied to a cabinet ame time pro- 32open at its front'sideand-provided with ,horizontally-swinging .doors 38. The construction of. the music rollcompartments and ejecting means are identica1 to those previously described in the piano bench form,

except that the'rolls are arranged horizontally instead of vertically. 7

Both forms oflholders here, shown present a neat appearance, making them a veryattractive and useful piece of furniture for the home. i

.VVe claim as our invention:

L A music roll holder, comprising a case forcontainingmusic rolls, individual com ends, means in said compartments for eject .ing the 'fmusic' rolls, therefrom, and means partments for said rolls open at their front slidable across the open ends of said compartments for normally retaining. the rolls therein. V

2. A music roll'holder comprising a case for containing music rolls, .bearing members for one end of said rolls, movable bearing members forjthe other ends of the rolls, the last-named bearing members being laterally movable to release the rolls, and means for ejecting the rolls from said case U when released from said movable bearing members.

3. A music roll holder comprising a plu rality of compartments for receiving music rolls, a yieldable roll-bearing arranged at one end of each compartment, and a laterally? slidable retaining plate arranged at the other end thereof and having a rollbearing, said yieldable bearing tending to force the music roll toward said retaining plate.

4. A music roll holder comprising a plus rality of compartments for receiving'music rolls, a roll-e ecting device arranged at one end of each compartment, a slidable 1 ,01

retaining member'atthe other'end thereof, means for guiding sardmember, and stops for limiting the movement of'saidreta mng member.

5. A music roll holder comprising a case,

a. plurality of tubular compartments arranged 111 said case andiopenat their outer ends for receiving the muslc. rolls, rollejecting devices arranged at the innerends of said compartments, respectively, and slid- E ends of'the compartments, said ejecting'deable bearing-plates movable across the open I vices and bearing plates adapted to normally 1 support the music rolls in said compartments.

6. A music roll holder comprising a case for containing music rolls,-bearing members for one end of said rolls, laterally movable' slides having bearings for the other ends of side edges with recesses, and Ineansfor'ejecting the rolls from said case when said slidesv are moved aside. WILLIAM C. 'lVRIGI-IT;

THOMAS'LDEAN.

- the rolls, said slides being provided in their 3 

